Pub Attack

Mangalore is slowly recovering from the negative publicity after the pub incident. This incident has tarnished the image of this great city. People think twice and are petrified to send their daughters to Mangalore either for work or study. I constantly get calls from anxious parents about the safety of their daughters in Mangalore when they join my company. Whatever happened in the pub was terrible and I strongly condemn this incident. In my opinion the guilty should be punished as per the law of the land.

On the other hand, I am totally infuriated by the way Media had projected the city of Mangalore as one being full of hooligans and goondas. This is far from reality. This is not a gruesome incident when compared to hundreds of crimes like rape, acid attacks, dowry murders etc committed against women in our country. But these incidents are rarely highlighted by the media. The media’s bias against Mangalore has a history – few years back the entire city was under curfew for communal violence and not a single death occurred in the violence. However, the media projected this as a major communal violence and the government promptly imposed curfew for 3 days. In contrast, when I compare this with the recent communal violence at Mysore where more than half a dozen people were killed, the curfew was not imposed. This is nothing but prejudice by the media against Mangalore and Mangaloreans.

For me this is the city of joy and one of the safest place on the earth.